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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “paymaster” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
paymaster164387(None) 
paymasters1743841paymasters
palmister1345052palmister
spymaster1642582spymaster
amasser9418733_a_masser
ballaster1145973ballaster
bandmaster15124413bandmaster
cadaster1136903ca_daster
cytaster1383863_cytaster
gamester1137323ga_mester
hamster12810423ha_m_ster
haymaker20104773hayma_ker
headmaster16204643headmaster
lamister1037653la_mister
lamster9109913la_m_ster
loadmaster1343233loadmaster
master84831343___master
outmaster1147303outmaster
palmate113215233palma_te_
palmated132511003palma_ted
palmisters1444673palmisters
parameter1349123parameter
paster85734373p___aster
piaster93012883p__iaster
pilaster1038163p_ilaster
pinaster1037113p_inaster
plaster93318693p__laster
playmaker2043623playma_ker
playmate1566463playma_te_
playmates1646603playma_tes
poetaster1145673poetaster
postmaster14115713postmaster
remaster10311473_remaster
rhymester1742393rhymester
spymasters1742803spymasters
taskmaster1652463taskmaster
webmaster1643003webmaster
yardmaster1652713yardmaster

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641386.36023371.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.84226116.8
 
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